Year : 2025
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal , Melodic Power Metal
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 120 mb
Bio:
Taking their name from the classic, Ronnie Dio-fronted Black Sabbath album, Mob Rules is a melodic power metal band formed in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, circa 1994, by ex-Van Blanc members Matthias Mineur (guitar) and Torsten Plorin (bass). After drafting vocalist Klaus Dirks and drummer Arved Mannott they began performing locally and demoing material for an independent EP, which in turn led to a record deal with Limb Music, and the 1999 release of the group's debut album, Savage Land, also featuring second guitarist Matthias Mineur. A keyboard player, Sascha Onnen, was then brought on board for 2000's Temple of Two Suns, and Mob Rules would continue to crank out albums like 2002's Hollowed Be Thy Name and 2004's Among the Gods (both on SPV), while performing their Iron Maiden-derived and largely thrash-free brand of kinetic metal on tours in support of Savatage, Company of Snakes, and others, across mainland Europe. Despite the reliable quality of these releases, however, Mob Rules never reached the higher echelons of the Euro-metal pyramid, and remain largely anonymous in America. And, by the release of 2006's Ethnolution A.D. album (featuring a 25-minute, multi-sectioned title track!), the band had lost both of its founding members, replacing them with guitarist Sven Lüdke and bassist Markus Brinkmann, but by all accounts planning to carry on henceforth with business as usual.
Album:
When the North German power metallers MOB RULES present their new album "Rise Of The Ruler" on August 22nd, melodic power metal fans will be thrilled. The follow-up to the successful chartbreaker "Beast Reborn" is full of engery, epic and creatuve hymns and continues also the concept story of their two early works "Savage Land" and "Temple Of Two Suns", with which MOB RULES laid the foundation for their career.It's been seven years since we had a new album from Germany's Mob Rules, but in 2025 we get their tenth original studio album, Rise of the Ruler. It marks a return not only to their early power metal sound but also the storyline from their early albums Savage Land and Temple of Two Suns. I'm a fan of most of their albums but I like the early stuff best and Mob Rules have done a great job of recapturing that sound. Songs like "Trial and Trail of Fear" are built on great, mid-paced riffs and others like "Coast of Midgard" roll out an infectious chorus over speedy pacing, so the songwriting still sounds fresh and energetic, not a rehash of prior works. Rise of the Ruler features top-notch songwriting from musicians who know how it's done along with the benefits of modern production. Fans of the introspective, mature melodic metal of Mob Rules' later releases may not welcome the return to the band's classic power metal roots but for those that do, they've done a fine job of continuing the story and sound begun on Savage Land, with the result being another solid album added to their catalog, one that long-time fans should really enjoy.
Line Up:
Klaus Dirks - Vocals (1994-present)
Sven Lüdke - Guitars (2005-present) - See also: ex-Murder One
Florian Dyszbalis - Guitars (2019-present) - See also: Ravage Inc.
Markus Brinkmann - Bass (2005-present) - See also: ex-Ela
Sebastian Schmidt - Drums
Jan Christian Halfbrodt - Keyboards (2010-present) - See also: Experience X
Tracklist:
01. The Fall Of Dendayar
02. Exiled
03. Future Loom
04. Dawn Of Second Sun
05. Back To Savage Land
06. Trial And Trail Of Fear
07. Providence
08. Nomadic Oasis
09. Coast Of Midgard
10. On The Trail
11. Equilibrium (Rise Of The Ruler)
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